Amazon: Gift Card Lightning Deals Starting Soon (Save on Whole Foods, The Cheesecake Factory & More)

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Today only, Amazon.com is once again offering up select Gift Card Lightning Deals to popular stores and restaurants. These “Lightning Deals” can be found here (scroll down) and go live at different times throughout the day allowing you to save BIG (and remember, you can combine gift cards with store coupons to save even more!).

Even sweeter, Prime members get a 30-minute early access to select Amazon Lightning Deals. If you see something that you like, be sure you snatch it up right away as there are only a limited number of Lightning Deals available and they tend to expire quickly.

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Comments 23

  1. Karissa

    How much for the gift cards?

    • Gina

      You won’t know until the deal goes live…I think.

    • Molly

      They will be 20% off.

  2. EG

    will you be able to purchase these gift cards with amazon gift card credit?

    • Jessica

      I purchased other gift cards (not lightening deals) and it wouldn’t let me use my amazon gift card.

  3. juliec

    All week long they have consistently been 20% off the value. I expect these will be the same.

  4. Suzette

    I am not getting any % off?

    • Suzette

      Do I just hold it in my purchase and then when all goes live, I will see the % off?

    • Stephanie

      I’m not seeing it either.

  5. Mamax2

    Cheesecake gift card might be a better value to just buy from their website because you get a free slice of cheesecake for every $25 gift card you buy, so if you will be buying cheesecake with your meal that might be a better value for you.

    • Couponmocha

      Thanks. this is helpful.

  6. Nadine

    I watched the countdown on the Whole Foods card and immediately when it refreshed to show it was open for purchase they were already 100% claimed. And I have Prime. Should I have added it to my cart and waited there?

    • Penny

      I had it in my cart and it didn’t even reflect the deal price. So I went back, and it was 100% claimed. I’ve had this issue with so many lightning deals…

    • Jessica

      I must have really lucked out. I refreshed, saw it was live and already 19% claimed. Snagged one, but thought I was going to miss out, because I was on my phone, and there wasn’t a check out button (only a “check out now” link).

      • Jessica

        btw, I did not add to cart before the deal was live. I waited for the countdown, refreshed and then added to cart. HTH!

        • Melissa

          I’m so bummed! I did the same thing, but they were all claimed. 🙁 Oh well!

    • SP

      Same thing here. Am a prime member, refreshed and 100% claimed. I was 453 in the waiting line……………

    • merrypenny1

      Do you have Prime? I know that there’s early access to most deals when you have Prime.

  7. Penny

    The whole foods gift card sold out the minute it went live…

  8. Eve

    Thank you, got one.

  9. Couponmocha

    Curiously, I hit the wait list button for the Whole Foods card and it said there were over 500 on the list and my chance of getting the card was “poor.” I thought it was very funny. So this is my first time at this. Another reader asked and I’d like to know as well, do you have to put the item in your cart and be ready to purchase the minute it goes live?

    • Emily

      Pretty Much. If it is a popular lightening deal you will need to be ready to add as soon as it goes live. ….you have 15 minutes after you add it to your cart to complete the purchase. After 15 minutes the price of the item in your cart increase the “lightning deal” part expires….you can then delete it and re add it to your cart through.

  10. Nia

    Grrrrrrrrrrr I really wanted one for my dad

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